diff --git a/fuji_server/data/software_file.json b/fuji_server/data/software_file.json
index c83ec62f..4859fef5 100644
--- a/fuji_server/data/software_file.json
+++ b/fuji_server/data/software_file.json
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@
       "(\\w*/)*README(\\.(txt|md))?"
     ]
   },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "category": [
+      "documentation",
+      "automation"
+    ],
+    "parse": "file_name",
+    "pattern": [
+      "requirements\\.txt"
+    ]
+  },
   "docs_directory": {
     "category": [
       "documentation"
@@ -32,7 +42,7 @@
     ],
     "parse": "full",
     "pattern": [
-      "\\.github/workflows/"
+      "\\.github/workflows(/\\w*\\.\\w*)*"
     ]
   },
   "license_file": {
diff --git a/fuji_server/evaluators/fair_evaluator_requirements.py b/fuji_server/evaluators/fair_evaluator_requirements.py
index afc46f21..92adaf07 100644
--- a/fuji_server/evaluators/fair_evaluator_requirements.py
+++ b/fuji_server/evaluators/fair_evaluator_requirements.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ def testDependencies(self):
         if test_defined:
             test_score = self.getTestConfigScore(test_id)
             # Check for presence of machine-readable dependency files
+            dependency_present = False
             dependency_requirements = self.metric_tests[test_id].metric_test_requirements[0]
             assert (
                 dependency_requirements["modality"] == "any"
@@ -167,7 +168,10 @@ def testDependencies(self):
             self.logger.info(
                 f"{self.metric_identifier} : Checking presence of any of {required_dependency_files} ({test_id})."
             )
-            dependency_present = not set(self.fuji.github_data.keys()).isdisjoint(required_dependency_files)
+            detected_dependency_files = self.fuji.github_data.get("dependencies", None)
+            if detected_dependency_files is not None:
+                detected_dependency_file_names = [dep_f["name"] for dep_f in detected_dependency_files]
+                dependency_present = not set(detected_dependency_file_names).isdisjoint(required_dependency_files)
             # Check for automated building and installation
             automation_requirements = self.metric_tests[test_id].metric_test_requirements[1]
             required_automation_locations = automation_requirements["required"]["automation_file"]
@@ -199,10 +203,14 @@ def testDependencies(self):
                     self.logger.warning(
                         f"{self.metric_identifier} : Did not find any of {required_dependency_files} ({test_id})."
                     )
+                else:
+                    self.logger.log(f"{self.metric_identifier} : Found dependency files ({test_id}).")
                 if not found_automation:
                     self.logger.warning(
                         f"{self.metric_identifier} : Did not find {automation_requirements['modality']} keywords {required_automation_keywords} in {required_automation_locations} ({test_id})."
                     )
+                else:
+                    self.logger.warning(f"{self.metric_identifier} : Found automation keywords ({test_id}).")
         return test_status
 
     def testDependenciesBuildAutomatedChecks(self):